Future Learning@ Whakarongo School

Key Messages?

Q: What is different?

• Way kids are brought up

• Entertainment

• Technology

• Jobs

Flexible

Learning

Environments(Modern Learning Environments)

WHY?

Three things to consider!

Current Practice

Future Needs

Results

Ability

Groupings

6

Issues

• How much do they learn?

• Kids are missing out!

• Can we do this better?

7

Purpose of Schooling

Needs

• Different times - different needs

• Needs: cooperation, flexibility, group/teamwork. time management

• Current organisation does not support this

Changing world

Differences

19th Century clerk

• Copy down

• Listening to teacher

• Accepting everything

• Working alone

• Sitting still

• Remember facts

• Follow instructions

• Being tested

21st Century explorer

• Create ideas

• Discuss with peers

• Question things

• Working with others

• Being active

• Imagine solutions

• Show initiative

• Self-evaluation

How can we prepare our kids for

this different world, if adults

expect to see the same things in

schools (as over the last 100

years)?

Do we want success for our

kids or …

FLE: Where is the proof?

WS data

So what are FLE all about?or not about?

What will you see in a FLE?

• Group of students (60 - 90)

• Group of teachers (3)

• Flexible learning programme

• Responsive to student needs

• Different approach to learning

(depending on level)

• Helpful things: big space,

furniture, technology

What are the benefits?

• Better results (as seen before)

• Focus on student needs

• Better use of time

• Better use of teacher strengths

• Kids are more engaged, more productive, happier

• Skills for the real world (self management, flexible, organise)

• Specialised programmes

Lets stop for some

QUESTIONS

What have we done so far?

• Navigator Centre (Intermediate Focus)

• Management Team: Study Course

• Visited other schools

• Staff development

• Developing frameworks of expectations

• Started trialling some aspects in different parts of the

school

The way forward

• Reorganise the school into Pods of 3/4 classes in 2015

• Pod teachers work together more and more

• Move to new way of organising teaching

• Teachers continue their Professional Development

• Goal: By 2016 have FLE’s fully operational across the

school